Fox Releases New ‘Bordertown’ Trailer
New half-hour comedy set for release in 2016 is created by ‘Family Guy’s Mark Hentemann and executive produced by Seth MacFarlane.
‘Batman Unlimited: Animal Instincts’ Now on Blu-ray
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases all-new original movie from Warner Bros. Animation featuring Batman and other iconic DC Comics characters.
2015 Critics’ Choice Television Award Nominations Announced
Fox nets two nominations for ‘Bob’s Burgers’ and ‘The Simpsons,’ while Comedy Central’s ‘South Park,’ Disney Channel’s ‘Gravity Falls,’ Disney XD’s ‘Star Wars Rebels’ and FX’s ‘Archer’ each receive a nod.
Lightmap Launches HDR Light Studio 5
Creative 3D lighting software gets major update including new UI and preview renderer.
Aardman’s Nick Park to Direct ‘Early Man’
French studio and distributor StudioCanal once again teams up with British animation studio Aardman and four-time Oscar-winner Nick Park on a new feature project set for release in 2018.
Rex Grignon, Michael Howse Form Nimble Collective
Led by former DreamWorks Animation head of character animation Rex Grignon, Nimble Collective launches cloud-based, end-to-end platform and community where users develop and distribute their own content.
ASIFA-SF Spring Festival Issues 2015 Call for Entries
College students, independent and professional animators can submit their short films to be shown in a state-of-the-art theater at Dolby Labs at the 4th Annual ASIFA-SF Spring Festival on Thursday, June 11.
LOOK: New Images from Aardman’s ‘Shaun the Sheep’ Feature
From the producers of ‘Wallace and Gromit’ and ‘Chicken Run,’ ‘Shaun the Sheep The Movie,’ opens nationwide on August 7.
Disney Rolls Out Second Phase of Animation Cel Preservation Efforts
The four-year project between the Walt Disney Animation Research Library and the Getty Conservation Institute will focus on optimal storage conditions and re-attaching flaked and delaminated paints on Disney animation cels.
Amazon Studios Greenlights Four New Animated Pilots
Amazon Studios greenlights four new animated kids pilots: ‘The Adventures of Knickerbock Teetertop,’ ‘Lost in Oz,’ ‘Lily the Unicorn,’ and ‘Bear in Underwear.’
Box Office Report: Marvel’s ‘Age of Ultron’ Jumps $300M Domestically
Following the first ‘Avengers’ movie, Marvel’s ‘Age of Ultron’ scores second-biggest sophomore weekend of all time in North America.
Animation Production Day 2015 Continues Successful Run
Nine feature film projects, 13 series, three game/app projects and 13 transmedia projects were presented at APD 2015, with a new co-production agreement signed with Jan Bonath and Mark Mertens for ‘Marnie’s World.’
FMX Conference Wraps 2015 Edition
Rounding off four days of speakers and presentations, the 20th Anniversary edition of the FMX Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia concludes with a special screening of ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ with Marvel VFX Supervisor Christopher Townsend in attendance.
France’s ‘Sense of Touch’ Wins 2015 Grand Prix at Stuttgart
France’s ‘Le sense du toucher’ (The Sense of Touch), directed by Jean-Charles Mbotti Malolo, takes home the festival’s Grand Prix prize, while Daisy Jacob’s ‘The Bigger Picture’ (U.K.) receives the Lotte Reiniger Promotion Award for Animated Film.
Stuttgart Fest Announces 2015 Animated Com Winners
Animated Com Award is awarded to France’s Arnaud & Jérôme for the trailer for the World Championship of Free2Play Games, ‘League of Legends: Warriors,' produced at Passion Paris.
TWC to Produce ‘Gnomes,’ ‘ReBoot’ & Animated ‘Spy Kids’ Series
The Weinstein Company picks up rights to rebooted versions of iconic properties ‘David the Gnome,’ ‘Spy Kids’ and ‘ReBoot.’
Reallusion, Polycount Announce 2015 Game Character Animation Contest
2015 Game Character Animation Contest provides 3D artists and game developers with a chance to win over $5,000 in cash, 3D software and 3D content prizes.
TUTORIAL: iClone Character Animation Tips
Learn how to used Reallusion’s real-time, rapid animation tool iClone with drag-and-drop characters & motions, Motion Puppet, Direct Puppet, Prop Puppet, Facial Puppetry and other features including a timeline/dope sheet.
Warner Bros. Animation to Release New Looney Tunes Feature
All-new Looney Tunes animated movie from Warner Bros. Animation, ‘Looney Tunes Rabbits Run,’ featuring Bugs bunny, is set for release on August 4, 2015.
Disney’s Patrick Osborne to Deliver Cogswell College Keynote
Academy Award-winning Walt Disney Animation Studios director Patrick Osborne to deliver keynote address during Cogswell College’s 2015 commencement ceremonies on May 16th.
Comedy Central Greenlights Bento Box’s ‘Legends of Chamberlain Heights’
Ten-episode season of ‘Legends of Chamberlain Heights,’ based on an original concept by Mike Clements, Quinn Hawking, Josiah Johnson and Michael Starrbury to premiere in 2016.
Adult Swim Announces Upcoming Programming Slate
Adult Swim announces 30 new original series, specials and pilots from Carl Jones, Justin Roiland, Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, Brad Neely, Chris Prynoski, JJ Villard, Daniel Weidenfeld, and more for 2015 & 2016.
Toonz, Gnosis Enter Multi-Year Partnership
Gnosis Moving Pictures enters financing and animation partnership with Toonz Media Group, with the first project to be directed by Will Vinton.
Spain’s ‘Cleo’ Tops ITFS Tricks for Kids Competition
Spain’s ‘Cleo’ by Ana Sánchez-Gijón wins the Tricks for Kids Award for the Best Children’s Animated Series at the 2015 Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film; ‘Robbi, Tobbi und das Fliewatüüt’ by Jan Berger wins the award for best German Animation Screenplay.
46th Annual ASIFA-EAST Festival Awards Ceremony to be Held May 17
Awards will be given out across a variety of categories and craft from student, commercial, and independent entries to excellence in writing, design, and animation.
